August 2010 Slips in (Barely) as Second Hottest
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 07:35
in Earth & Climate
August 2010 was the second hottest August in the 32-year satellite dataset, with a global temperature that was only 0.01 C cooler than the record set in August 1998. That difference is within the error range, so the two months might as well be tied for the hottest August in 32 years.